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Year Name Function of Legislation Unit Triggering Event 1963 Clean Air Act To protect the nation?s air quality and ensures that citizens have clean air to breathe. The Clean Air Act contains a permitting system such that anyone who discharges a pollutant into the air requires an operating permit.? Air Major threats of acid rain, urban air pollution, and toxic emissions, were threatening the health of Americans. 1972 Clean Water Act To regulate the discharge of pollutants into water and the surface quality of water in the USA. Prevents the discharge of pollutants into navigable waters from both point sources and non point sources without the possession of a permit. Water
